Improvement in fence-gates



B. J. WHEELOCK.

Fence Gate.

Patented Nov. 6 1866.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,492, dated November6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, B. J. WHEELOOK, of Bedford, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fence-Gates; and I do here by declare that the followingis a full and complete description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a view of the gate when closed. Fig. 2 is a View ofthe same when open.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

A, Fig. 1, is the gate, and consists of narrow boards B, which may bemore or less in number, according to the height of the gate. The boardsare nailed or otherwise secured to the cross-piece O, forming the endsof the gate.

D is a slat, nailed across the center of the gate, to give additionalstrength to the bars. This gate may be constructed with pickets, ifdesired, by omitting the center bars and nailing on the pickets to thetop and bottom rails, as shown in the drawings, E being the pickets thusnailed to the frame of the gate. Along the upper and lower bars of thegate, and close to the outer edges, are nailed the narrow strips F, forthe purpose of giving additional strength to the frame. This gate ishung upon the crane swing-post G, the vertical side H being connected tothe post I by the upper end, which is pivoted so as to work in a collar,J. The lower end is also pivoted, and works in a step, K.

L, the central arm of the crane, is nailed to the sides of the arms andpost, and are not gained in flush with the vertical side, as are the twoarms L. It thus forms a shoulder, upon which the gate is hung by thesecond rail from the top. A friction-roller, M, is placed between therail and the central bar of the crane. A section of the bar is cut away,so that a space is made between it and the rail of the gate equal inwidth to the thickness of the neck of the roller. Thus the roller isprevented from slipping from its place as it rolls along the bar onopening and shutting the gate. The gate is prevented from falling fromits place by the stay N, Fig. l, in which the lower edge of the upperrail slides; also the friction-roller referred to assists in keeping thegate in place by means of the collars or flanges with which it isprovided, one of which being on each side of the rail and bar betweenwhich the roller works.

0 is a post at the free end of the gate, and against which it shuts, andis supported by the short arm 1?, Fig. 2, this arm P at the same timepreventing any lateral movement of the bottom when the gate is closed.These arms pass between the post and the slat Q, which is nailed to thepost, and by this means it is securely and easily kept shut.

In order to open this gate, it is slid back in the direction indicatedby the dotted lines R until the roller reaches the vertical side of thecrane above described. The gate is then halfway open. It is then fullyopened by swinging it around in a line parallel with the gateway. Thisposition is shown in Fig. 2. By this it may be seen that the gate can beopened to any distance, from a few inches to the full width of thegateway, as circumstances may require. By the aid of the roller itslides back easily, thus requiring but little effort to open it.

By raising the gate up, which may be done by hanging it by the thirdrail from the top instead of the second, small animals can pass throughor under the gate, at the same time keeping back the larger stock. Inthis way it is also made to clear any obstruction, as snow-drifts,without in the least interfering with the manner or facility of openingit.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The crane swing-post Gr, with the arms L L, in combination with theroller M and gate A, arranged and constructed substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

. B. J. WHEELOOK.

. Witnesses: W. H. BURRIDGE, E. E. WAITE.

